Month: April 2017

The Australian 8 April 2017 Family First Comment: Whoops! “In many instances children and young people involved in bullying are not able to clearly articulate the reason for their behaviour, therefore making reporting on the root causes for bullying behaviour…

by McBlog2 • 12 April 2017 • Comments Off on Feminists, conservatives join forces to call for an inquiry into porn

NewsTalk ZB 12 April 2017 Outspoken left-wing feminist parliamentarians and the conservative right have joined forces to call for an inquiry into porn. Family First spokesman Bob McCroskie has presented a petition to Parliament on the issue supported by an…

by McBlog2 • 12 April 2017 • Comments Off on Bob McCoskrie: Easter isn’t just a religious holiday, it’s a family time

Stuff co.nz 11 April 2017 Family First Comment: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in The Politics of Hope said: “Public parks make no economic sense at all. We leave a whole lot of space unbuilt on and not capitalised in any way,…

by McBlog2 • 12 April 2017 • Comments Off on Bob McCoskrie: Pornography demands a social response

NZ Herald 12 April 2017 • Bob McCoskrie is national director of Family First NZ which is presenting a 20,000-signature petition against pornography to Parliament today. We need to look into pornography. That’s correct, you read it right. We need…

by McBlog2 • 12 April 2017 • Comments Off on Porn harm spurs 22,000 to sign petition for public inquiry

TVNZ One News 12 April 2017 Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition being presented to Parliament today calling for a public inquiry into pornography. The conservative lobby group Family First is asking for an expert panel to…

by McBlog2 • 12 April 2017 • Comments Off on Large meth and cannabis haul

NZ Herald 11 April 2017 Family First Comment: When they talk about decriminalising marijuana, the flow-on effect is a green light to harder drugs. They go hand-in-hand. Remember that when groups like the Drug Foundation and the Greens say criminalisation…

by McBlog2 • 12 April 2017 • Comments Off on Retail workers say opening on Easter Sunday robs them of a break

Stuff co.nz 11 April 2017 Some shop workers are upset that changes to the Easter trading laws this year mean many of them will lose one of their few guaranteed days off in the year. In some areas, shops will be closed…

by McBlog2 • 12 April 2017 • Comments Off on Transabled: A neurological issue or a mental disorder?

NZ Herald 11 April 2017 Family First Comment: Well, we all know the answer to that. But one day very soon, we will be called “Ablephobic” for thinking that. 🙂 “…there’s a growing number of people who are choosing to be…

by McBlog • 12 April 2017 • Comments Off on Pornography & Public Health: Research Summary

INTRODUCTION Source: National Center on Sexual Exploitation http://endsexualexploitation.org/ Pornography is a social toxin that destroys relationships, steals innocence, erodes compassion, breeds violence, and kills love. The issue of pornography is ground zero for all those concerned for the sexual health…

Media Release 11 April 2017 Family First NZ will be writing to the Solicitor General to ask them to appeal the weak and dangerous sentence handed to Tamehana Huata for the manslaughter of two-year-old Matiu Wereta. “Most New Zealanders will…